The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation awarded $147,716 in grants in the spring semester for 24 student cocurricular projects and three faculty-led study-travel projects in literature and language. Funded project trips span eight countries and seven states.
Since 2010, the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation has spent more than $3.6 million on study-travel in the U.S. and abroad; $1.4 million on visiting writers, theatre directors, and literary scholars; and $1.9 million on campus literature & language projects.
“The quality and range of these Hendrix-Murphy projects proves, once again, that if a student is interested in the study of literature and language, there’s no better place to be than Hendrix College,” said Dr. Tyrone Jaeger, Hendrix-Murphy Foundation director and professor of English-creative writing.
Among the 24 student and faculty-led projects approved for funding was Marveon Berry’s Revision and Remixing Towards Academia. Berry, who’s set to graduate in 2027, is an English-creative writing major from Arkadelphia. Berry’s project will allow him to travel for nine days to Provincetown, Massachusetts, to participate in Fine Arts Work Center’s poetry workshop with John Murillo. Berry will focus on collaborating with other workshop students to revise and refine his poetry to define his voice as a poet and to aid in preparation for M.F.A. applications. Project supervisor is Dr. Tyrone Jaeger.
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 45 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges and celebrated among the country’s leading liberal arts colleges for academic quality, engaged learning opportunities and career preparation, vibrant campus life, and value. The Hendrix College Warriors compete in 21 NCAA Division III sports. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. Learn more at hendrix.edu.
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